James Marlowe

Interview: Jeremy Webb of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Saenger Theatre

This week, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY takes the stage at the Saenger Theatre, bringing its powerful Depression-era story to New Orleans.

BWW Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES: AN ONLINE ADVENTURE, Les Enfants Terribles

Have you ever found yourself reading or watching one of Sherlock Holmes' adventures and wanted to get involved in the action itself? Now you can. Les Enfants Terribles have taken their expertise in crafting immersive theatre to the world wide web in Sherlock Holmes: An Online Adventure, directed by Oliver Lansley and James Seager.

Photo Flash: London's Independent, Fringe & Alternative Theatres Celebrated at THE OFFIE AWARDS 2020

Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a ceremony held in the iconic Grand Hall of Battersea Arts Centre on Sunday 8 March 2020, the Off West End Awards once again celebrated the best of independent, fringe and alternative theatres across London.

PETER PAN GOES WRONG Flies Into Coventry

Following the incredible success of The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, multi-award winners Mischief Theatre are back at the Belgrade this February with another side-splitting stage show where everything that can goes wrong, does.

Photo Flash: Rehearsals Have Begun For OH NO IT ISN'T

Rehearsals have begun for Ha-Hum-Ah Theatre's co-production with into Bodmin of Luke Adamson's Oh No It Isn't!. Playing at the Old Library in Bodmin from November 27th Oh No It Isn't! is a tender and hilarious love letter to the world of theatre through the eyes of two dysfunctional pantomime dames. The cast includes James Marlowe and John Gregor with direction by Ben Kernow.

BWW Review: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, Southwark Playhouse

F. Scott Fitzgerald was 26 years old when his short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was first published in Collier's Magazine. It tells the tale of Benjamin, a man born in unusual circumstances. Instead of growing old, he becomes younger, trapped into a body he doesn't recognise as his own and forced to experience his life backwards. 

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Musical Will Have World Premiere at Southwark Playhouse

The world premiere of a new musical based on the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will play Southwark Playhouse this spring.

Casting Announced For World Premiere Of Musical THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Casting announced for the world premiere of a brand new Celtic musical based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story.

Oliver Bennett, Scarlett Saunders and James Marlowe Will Lead A HERO OF OUR TIME at Arcola Theatre

Oliver Bennett, Scarlett Saunders and James Marlowe have been cast in a new adaptation of Russian literary great, Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal With Cressida Bonas in THE DOG BENEATH THE SKIN at Jermyn Street Theatre

Proud Haddock's The Dog Beneath The Skin will star Pete Ashmore (Arms and the Man, Watford Palace Theatre; Private Lives, Mercury Theatre; Treasure Island, Birmingham Rep) as Alan Normanand Cressida Bonas (Mrs Orwell, Old Red Lion Theatre, Southwark Playhouse; An Evening With Lucian Freud, Leicester Square Theatre; The Great Gatsby, Leicester Square Theatre) as The Dog.

Cressida Bonas to star in Jermyn Street Theatre's THE DOG BENEATH THE SKIN

Proud Haddock's The Dog Beneath The Skin will star Pete Ashmore (Arms and the Man, Watford Palace Theatre; Private Lives, Mercury Theatre; Treasure Island, Birmingham Rep) as Alan Norman and Cressida Bonas (Mrs Orwell, Old Red Lion Theatre, Southwark Playhouse; An Evening With Lucian Freud, Leicester Square Theatre; The Great Gatsby, Leicester Square Theatre) as The Dog.

BWW Review: TOUCH, Soho Theatre

Neat freaks beware: Touch is your ultimate nightmare. This latest offering from DryWrite, the company that launched the now stratospheric Fleabag, centres on another woman with a chaotic personal life - this time, mirrored by the symphony of filth that is her cramped bedsit.

BWW REVIEW: Fabulously Funny, Particularly for Anyone Who Has Been Involved In Amateur Theatre, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Is So Right For Family Fun

The acclaimed play within a play THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is perfection in its precision to create the hilarious image of much less than perfect.

BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Her Majesty's Theatre

One brief glance at the title should tell you all that you need to know.

BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Comedy Theatre

The Play That Goes Wrong starts subtly with a member of the audience brought up on stage to lend a hand to two hopeless stage technicians, Trevor and Annie. They are setting the stage for a performance of Murder at Haversham Manor by the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society. With fireplace mantles falling down and doors that won't close (and then won't open), we are introduced to the slapstick nature of the show.

Rehersals About to Commence in Melbourne for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are attempting to put on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong…does, as the accident-prone thespians battle on against all the odds to get to their final curtain call.

Cast Announced for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

With a host of awards for Best New Comedy to its credit, The Play That Goes Wrong actually appears to be doing something right for West End audiences, and now audiences here will get their chance to witness theatrical disaster on stages across Australia when this hilarious masterpiece stumbles into town.

BWW Review: WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT, St James Theatre, 1 September 2016

The show must go on. And on. Even for the understudies trapped in theatrical purgatory, forever waiting for their chance to perform. So far so Beckett? That's the premise of American playwright Dave Hanson's affectionate absurdist parody, offering a lighter take on the master's existential philosophising.

NO MAN'S LAND Leads September's Top 10 New London Shows

The capital is never short of theatre temptations, whether big West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From two theatrical titans taking on Pinter to the RSC in London and an unusual dining experience, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews...

Guest Blog: Playwright Dave Hanson On WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT

Playwright Dave Hanson on Beckett parody Waiting For Waiting For Godot at St James Theatre